Victims of the Pegnitz CH-47A Chinook Crash Plaque
Details:
To the left of the memorial stone.
PlaqueA rectangular bronze plaque, inscribed in German, carries a commemorative message honoring the soldiers who lost their lives in the CH-47A Chinook crash on August 18, 1971.
Monument Text:
UNSER SOHN, UNSER BRUDER,
EIN JUNGE, EIN MANN,
SEIN VERSPRECHEN MIT GLAUBEN GEHALTEN.
SEINER HERAUSFORDERUNG MIT MUT ENTGEGENGRETEN,
SEINE UNERFÜLLTEN TRÄUME SO BALD MIT GOTT VERBUNDEN.
18. AUGUST 1971
In English translation:
OUR SON, OUR BROTHER,
A BOY, A MAN,
HIS PROMISE KEPT WITH FAITH.
FACED HIS CHALLENGE WITH COURAGE,
HIS UNFULFILLED DREAMS SO SOON UNITED WITH GOD.
18 AUGUST 1971
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
15th Aviation Group
2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
4th Aviation Company, 15th Aviation Group
7th Army
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Army Europe
Wars:
Cold War
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